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''Murder Most Horrid'' is a British dark comedy anthology series starring Dawn French. It was broadcast on BBC Two for four series runs, in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999. Created by Paul Smith, who also co-created ''Colin's Sandwich'' (with Terry Kyan, as noted below) and has written for ''The Brittas Empire'', among other programmes, the series starred French as a different character in each episode. Many episodes were directed by the noted director Bob Spiers, who also worked with French on ''The Comic Strip Presents...'' and ''French and Saunders''. Most episodes parodied the thriller and murder mystery genres with one notable episode lampooning the trials and tribulations of being a children's presenter in general, and ''Blue Peter'' in particular. In 1998, this episode ("Murder at Tea-Time") was repeated to celebrate the 40th anniversary of ''Blue Peter'', as part of a section entitled "Spoof Peter", which also featured (among others) the ''Python'' skit "How to Do It".〔(Here's one the BBC made 40 years earlier: Blue Peter Celebration ). Retrieved 11 January 2008〕 Each episode was standalone, and the episodes were written by different writers or writing teams with several contributing multiple episodes across the four series. Among these writers, the pairing of series-creator Paul Smith with Terry Kyan (who had previously collaborated on ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' and ''Alas Smith and Jones'') is particularly notable. The two would subsequently create and write ''Bonjour la Classe'', starring Nigel Planer.〔(''"Bonjour la Classe"'' Episode Guide at epguides.com ). Retrieved 11 January 2008〕 Other series writers included ''Private Eye'' editor and ''Have I Got News For You'' stalwart Ian Hislop, ''Press Gang'' creator and ''Doctor Who'' showrunner Steven Moffat, award-winning children's author Anthony Horowitz, Nick Newman and John O'Farrell. Episodes in series 1 mostly opened with French selecting and reading from a book, usually a quotation actually or allegedly from Shakespeare; series 2 onward dropped this opening. The series' theme song, which featured at the end of the episode, was sung by Ruby Turner. The lyrics changed between episodes, the penultimate line always a word rhyming with "horrid", sometimes humorously forced. The murders ranged from the straightforward to the bizarre, with the murder weapon shown on a pedestal during the end credits. ==Episodes and Dawn French's characters== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murder Most Horrid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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